January 1st walk, things rising and falling out of clarity in the bluster of snow.

https://halfvividsongs.com/2026/01/07/photo-diary-happy-new-year-january-1st-walk/

Headed to town to watch the rain and read this brilliant repudiation of violence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Night_All_Blood_Is_Black

From today's Photo Diary:

Initially I thought this photo was kind of “off,” in a negative way. But today I’m appreciating the odd angle of approach. It seems to cause movement in my eye. At once it seems very vivid and clear, but also as if it’s not finished getting there.

My artist site is an actual functioning place.

Aug. 30: "I visited my good friend, the journalist and musician Jacob Hallerström, in the middle of August. He and his partner taught me so much about the history of Sweden, especially how its culture conceives of itself through art and architecture. We visited the National Museum, Carl Eldh’s studio..."

https://alexsilvertown.com/2025/08/30/photo-diary-vaxholm-sweden/

Information overwhelm.

#improvisation #maine #spring #music

https://soundcloud.com/alexsilver_sketches/staring-at-a-tree-without-looking

Wow. I recently found @jacques_demierre on this platform using #experimental. I listened to my first full album yesterday, 'Deux Pianos' with Sylvie Courvoisier.

I can't really imagine improvising with another person in this way. There is so much space and patience—the silence is impressively confident. I've aspired to using silence holistically like this, but it remains an abstract hope. Hearing this music makes me see how it might be done.

https://open.qobuz.com/album/7619942506421